Honour & Arms Club

Another mixed Thursday session with grappling and soft kit as well as armoured profights.

A solid session tonight which involved some technical work, duelling, grappling and buhurt.

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A very enjoyable weekend with great company and competition.

The Mace and Seal of Athenry
What a weekend.
1316 Medieval Fight Club had the privilege of hosting Ireland’s first Buhurt International event at Athenry Castle , and we could not have asked for a better day.
Fighters travelled from across Ireland, the UK and across the Atlantic from as far as Canada to join us for our duelling tournament, and the standard of competition, sportsmanship and camaraderie throughout the day was exceptional.
A massive part of the success of the event was down to Danny George and Mary George from Honour & Arms Club . Their experience, professionalism and support ensured that everything ran flawlessly and on schedule. Our marshals and support crew had previously trained under Danny and Mary, and having everyone working to the same standard showed just how smoothly an event can run when everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet.
We now have three fully accredited BI marshals within 1316, with several more of our members just one event away from accreditation. For our club, that is something we are incredibly proud of.
A huge thank you must go to Athenry Heritage Centre , Alan Burgess, Marie Mannion Galway County Council , the Walled Towns Committee and everyone involved in the 20th Athenry Walled Towns Day for allowing us to be part of such a fantastic celebration. Marie in particular has supported us year after year and helped make it possible for us to grow our involvement into what we achieved this year.
The public support was phenomenal. Even through the rain, spectators remained several people deep around the list throughout the day.
We also wanted the event to be as accessible as possible for travelling fighters. Athenry's rail connections allowed people to travel directly from Dublin and Galway without needing to hire cars, while our Old Ball Alley headquarters provided overnight sleeping space and secure equipment storage. 1316 members were also happy to ferry fighters and equipment wherever needed.
A special thank you goes to the senior members of 1316 and everyone who worked behind the scenes. From marshals, hit counters and secretaries to runners, equipment handling and all the small jobs nobody sees, this event happened because everyone pulled together.
Our Outstanding Fighter Awards went to Patrick Cory Depaulo and Ellen Twomey, not simply for their performances, but for the tremendous support and camaraderie they showed towards other fighters throughout the day, including people they had never met before. They represented exactly the atmosphere we wanted this event to have.
Thank you to every fighter, official, volunteer, supporter and member of the public who made the journey to Athenry. The feedback we received afterwards meant an enormous amount to us.
The Mace and Seal will return.
Hopefully next year we can build on what we started, with duelling on day one and buhurt on day two.
We'll see you in Athenry in 202

A massive thank you to 1316 Medieval Fight Club for asking Mary and I to come over and support their first Buhurt International event in Athenry.

We’ve had a great time knight marshalling a whole host of duels today at the Tournament of the Mace and Seal and what a great event it has been.

Thank you to all the organisers, staff, fighters and support who put in the effort to make such a great event possible.

📸 Kitty Emmerson

Gearing up to help over at the first ever Buhurt International event in Ireland being hosted by 1316 Medieval Fight Club but not before a stop in Dublin and a few Guinness.

Mary and I will be marshalling and just helping with overall event running where needed.

Tonight’s session was mixed again with some armoured training and some soft kit training.

Those out of armour stepped things back to focus on hand fighting, breaking and passing frames as well and advancing control positions.

The guys in armour did isolations for profights with Stirling, clinch work, grappling and full rounds.

This weekend will see 3 of our fighters, Kuba, Jack and James team up with our long time allies from Glasgow Sword Breakers to form the colaition of the Northern Realms for the Passage of Arms hosted by Invicta

Good luck to all those competing!

This weekend it's finally happening ⚔️ Invicta GoodKnights and Invicta Barnsterds are facing off against Cambridge, Knyaz, Northern Realms (combined team with fighters from Northern Wolves and Glasgow Sword Breakers), Siege Tower (combined team with fighters from Norwich and White Company), and Band of Brothers (combined team with fighters from Birmingham and Knights of the Gilded Spurs).

Who will dominate the duelling? Who will best the buhurt? And who will grind the meatiest? Find out this Saturday and Sunday at Loxwood Joust 🪓

Background photo by Jake Roberts (please check out his page, his Loxwood pics are 🔥)